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Sunday, October 21, 2012

1965 NHL Intra-League Draft

The 1965 NHL Intra-League Draft took place on June 9, the day after the Inter-League Draft. Several players involved in the Inter-League Draft and other transactions on the 8th of June were moved as part of the Intra-League Draft proceedings the very next day.

Overall

Player Chosen

By

From

Player Removed
From Protected List

Round 1

1

Gerry Cheevers

Boston Bruins

Toronto Maple Leafs

Jack Norris

2

Earl Ingarfield

New York Rangers

Montreal Canadiens

pass

Toronto Maple Leafs

3

Pat Stapleton

Chicago Black Hawks

Toronto Maple Leafs

Bryan Watson

pass

Montreal Canadiens

4

Bryan Watson

Detroit Red Wings

Chicago Black Hawks

Butch Paul

Round 2

5

Poul Popeil

Boston Bruins

Chicago Black Hawks

Round 3

6

Norm Schmitz

Boston Bruins

Montreal Canadiens

Round 3

7

Keith Wright

Boston Bruins

New York Rangers

Earl Ingarfield, Pat Stapleton, Bryan Watson and Keith Wright were each moved twice in the span of a day. Ingarfield went from being Rangers' property to the Canadiens and back to Rangers, Stapleton went from the Bruins to Maple Leafs to Black Hawks, Watson went from the Canadiens to the Black Hawks to the Red Wings, and Wright went from the Canadiens to Rangers to Bruins.

Some trivia for you: Arthur Stewart "Butch" Paul, the player the Red Wings dropped from their protected list when they claimed Bryan Watson, was killed less than a year later in a car crash. He died Friday, March 25, 1966 while driving home from a CPHL game in Memphis against the Tulsa Oilers.